Marie Colvin, American Sunday Times reporter Remi Ochlik, French photographer
Breaking News! Two western journalists 'killed in Homs bombardment'. One American and one French.(BBC).Two Western journalists have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the building they were staying in, opposition activists say.
France named them as Marie Colvin, an American Sunday Times reporter, and Remi Ochlik, a French photographer.Several other people were reportedly killed when the shell hit the makeshift media centre in the Baba Amr area.
Opposition-held districts have been under siege by security forces for more than two weeks, leaving hundreds dead.Activists said more than 40 died on Tuesday, including Rami al-Sayed, a man who broadcast a live video stream from Homs used by world media.
Mr Sayed was fatally wounded by shrapnel during the shelling of Baba Amr. His brother posted a video of his body in a makeshift hospital.
The Red Cross has called on the government and rebels to agree to a daily ceasefire, to allow medical supplies to reach the worst affected areas and get civilians out, but there is no sign yet of this being agreed.Ms Colvin and Mr Ochlik were reportedly staying in a house in Baba Amr that was being used by activists as a media centre when it was hit by a shell on Wednesday morning. Rockets were also said to have hit the building's garden when people try to flee afterwards.At least three other foreign journalists were wounded, activists said.On Tuesday, Ms Colvin told the BBC the bombardment of Baba Amr had been "unrelenting"."There are 28,000 people in Baba Amr," she said. "The Syrians will not let them out and are shelling all the civilian areas."
"There is Free Syrian Army here. They're very, very lightly armed. People are terrified they will leave," she added. "There is just shell-, rocket- and tank-fire pouring in to civilian areas of this city."Hmmmm........Assad .........Hillary's 'Reformer".Read the full story here.
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